CBJ Note: Annunciation Catholic School has been serving South Minneapolis since 1923and is, according to their website, the only International Baccalaureate PYP Catholic school in Minnesota. CNA—After a pair of out-of-state school shootings in 2022 and 2023 shocked the nation, Minnesota’s bishops implored state lawmakers to provide security funding for local nonpublic schools. Now, two…
CBJ: As you read further, you will discover first-hand courage in young children amid a horrific tragedy and the Enduring Power of family faith and prayer, nurtured by good Catholic education… CNN—Before Endre Gunter was taken to emergency surgery to treat a gunshot wound to the stomach, the 13-year-old boy asked a surgeon to pause…
An Important Message from Principal DeBoer and Father Zehren Aug 27, 2025 Dear Annunciation Parish and School Family, We are navigating an impossible situation together at this time. No words can capture what we have gone through, what we are going through, and what we will go through in the coming days and weeks. But…
CNA, ed. CBJ—Most people think of St. Maximilian Kolbe as the heroic martyr who traded places with another prisoner in the Nazi’s horrific Auschwitz prison, resulting in a painful death by starvation, but there is much more of the story to tell. What would give someone the courage to do such a thing? And, why…
Review of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon Vienna Pharaon’s The Origins of You is one of the most eye-opening, compassionate, and transformative books I’ve read in years. It is not just a book about self-help or psychology – it’s a map…
CNA/NCR—A Massachusetts mayor is going to bat for including statues of two Catholic saints on the city’s new public safety building, saying he picked them because of their importance to police and firefighters and accusing opponents of harboring “‘negative attitudes’ toward Catholicism.” But lawyers for local residents who object to the planned 10-foot-high bronze statues…
Aug. 8, 2025—In today’s historic peace deal—after decades of bitter conflict and tremendous suffering for both nations over the ethnically Armenian-Christian Nagorno-Karabakh enclave—Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a peace deal at the White House. Pashinyan hailed the moment as “opening a chapter of peace” and “laying foundations to a…
On May 30, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SCR 19— introduced by Texas legislators Senator Tan Parker and Representative Caroline Harris Davila. The bill SCR19 approved the placement of a statue honoring “Mother and Child” in the Texas Capitol Complex, where the State Preservation Board will determine the exact location within the complex. Honoring…
CNA—England—The skull of St. Thomas More may be exhumed and preserved to coincide with the 500th anniversary of his historic martyrdom, according to a spokesperson for St. Dunstan’s Church in Canterbury, England, the Anglican church in which the relic reportedly currently rests. Ironically—given the reason for More’s beheading—an opportunity for ecumenical outreach and communication As…
CNA—A reported strike on the only Catholic Church in Gaza killed three people and injured nine others July 17, according to a statement from the Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM. Among the injured was the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. Pictures showed damage to the church’s roof and windows. Amid the ongoing war in…
CNA—The last three popes — Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV — have on more than one occasion recommended reading Lord of the World, the dystopian science fiction novel written by Robert Hugh Benson in 1907. This apocalyptic novel depicts the consequences of a society that turned its back on God and presents a social critique…
CNA—For many years in the United States, Catholic dioceses have periodically announced major settlements involving victims of Catholic clergy abuse, with the payouts coming as part of bankruptcy proceedings related to abuse claims. Since 2004, when the Archdiocese of Portland declared bankruptcy, dioceses and archdioceses have used Chapter 11 law to navigate the complex and…
In 2006, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles held a most remarkable exhibit, featuring ancient icons from Sinai’s St. Catherine’s Monastery. The first-ever exhibit from this 1,500 year old monastery included a video of the monastery, the vast surrounding desert, snippets of the monks’ daily life and local traditions such as Christians making the significant…
CNA–Dr. Christopher Stroud was a Catholic OB-GYN who prescribed birth control and gave referrals for in vitro fertilization (IVF) until a priest admonished him in the sacrament of reconciliation. Now Stroud runs a life-affirming fertility clinic that uses Natural Procreative Technology — a treatment model that embraces life-affirming Catholic ethics. “It changed my life,” Stroud…
CNA–In 1975, Cardinal John O’Connor, the late former archbishop of New York, visited the Dachau concentration camp. His life-changing experience there eventually led him to found the Sisters of Life, a community of women dedicated to living out his mission: protecting and enhancing human life. Today, 25 years after his death, more than a 100…
source: NewmanReader.org—The following is a sermon given by Cardinal John Henry Newman regarding The Crucifixion. We at Catholic Business Journal found it to be a profound aid as the Christian world enters deeply into Holy Week, reflecting and echoing Christ’s suffering and death for our sins and salvation. Cardinal John Henry Newman’s Sermon: “He…
CNA—Organizers of the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage shared details today about the planned 3,340-mile trek that will see Jesus in the Eucharist carried across 10 U.S. states by a cadre of young Catholics, with members of the public invited to join in walking and special events along the way, beginning May 18. The Route… The…
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CNA—Several U.S. Supreme Court justices across ideological lines during oral arguments Monday morning expressed concerns about a Wisconsin agency’s refusal to legally recognize a Catholic charity — run by the Diocese of Superior — as a religious organization. The dispute between Catholic Charities Bureau (CCB) and the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) will…
CNA—Following the March 28 earthquake that struck Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China, Cardinal Charles Bo, president of the Myanmar Bishops’ Conference, said the people of the Asian country now “need everything,” including peace to end the civil war. Vivid description of dire situation after earthquake “The people need food, shelter, medicine and all lifesaving materials,”…
